Hi,
I just installed Fedora 16 on my new laptop (Lenovo Ideapad z570), which has very similar hardware configuration to my old laptop (Lenovo g570).
Although I was able to get the broadcom wireless running on my old laptop using this guide...
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=239922
I was unable to achieve the same results on the new laptop.
Although the broadcom-wl drivers have been installed, and NetworkManager detects and shows wireless card as being UP, it is always in a disconnected state, and never detects any WiFi networks.
rfkill used to list the wireless card. But somehow doesn't do that anymore.
What am I doing wrong?
Below are the details... (wl card shows as eth0)
Code:
[shyam@shyamlaptop ~]$ lspci -nnk
...
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:051b]
Kernel driver in use: wl
Kernel modules: wl, bcma
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3975]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
[shyam@shyamlaptop ~]$ uname -r
3.3.6-3.fc16.x86_64
[shyam@shyamlaptop ~]$ rpm -qa|grep -e kernel -e kmod-wl -e broadcom-wl|sort
abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.7-2.fc16.x86_64
broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-2.fc16.noarch
kernel-3.3.4-3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.3.5-2.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.3.6-3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.3.4-3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.3.5-2.fc16.x86_64
kernel-headers-3.3.5-2.fc16.x86_64
kmod-wl-3.3.6-3.fc16.x86_64-5.100.82.112-2.fc16.23.x86_64
kmod-wl-5.100.82.112-2.fc16.23.x86_64
libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.8-4.fc16.x86_64
[shyam@shyamlaptop ~]$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
fuse 77686 3
ppdev 17635 0
parport_pc 28082 0
lp 17874 0
parport 44515 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
lockd 84763 0
rfcomm 68830 4
bnep 23683 2
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 12665 0
nf_conntrack_broadcast 12527 1 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns
ip6t_REJECT 12939 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 14290 12
nf_defrag_ipv6 18139 1 nf_conntrack_ipv6
nf_conntrack_ipv4 14622 12
nf_defrag_ipv4 12673 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
xt_state 12578 24
nf_conntrack 82286 5 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_broadcast,nf_conntrack_ipv6,nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state
ip6table_filter 12815 1
ip6_tables 26976 1 ip6table_filter
vfat 17411 1
fat 60279 1 vfat
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 36157 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 145364 1
uvcvideo 76346 0
videobuf2_core 31894 1 uvcvideo
videodev 106837 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
media 20444 2 uvcvideo,videodev
videobuf2_vmalloc 12967 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13262 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
r8169 60789 0
mii 13527 1 r8169
snd_hda_intel 33276 4
snd_hda_codec 115767 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 17611 1 snd_hda_codec
sunrpc 235361 2 lockd
snd_seq 64807 0
snd_seq_device 14129 1 snd_seq
snd_pcm 97170 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 28815 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
ideapad_laptop 18086 0
sparse_keymap 13526 1 ideapad_laptop
snd 78908 16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
btusb 23911 2
bluetooth 269240 23 rfcomm,bnep,btusb
rfkill 21342 4 ideapad_laptop,bluetooth
lib80211_crypt_tkip 17329 0
i2c_i801 17765 0
wl 2573468 0
lib80211 13968 2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl
iTCO_wdt 17948 0
iTCO_vendor_support 13419 1 iTCO_wdt
soundcore 14484 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18101 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
uinput 17606 0
joydev 17412 0
microcode 23348 0
wmi 18697 0
i915 466809 3
drm_kms_helper 40231 1 i915
drm 242003 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13156 1 i915
i2c_core 37991 6 videodev,i2c_i801,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
video 18932 1 i915
[shyam@shyamlaptop ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
#
# Listing a module here prevents the hotplug scripts from loading it.
# Usually that'd be so that some other driver will bind it instead,
# no matter which driver happens to get probed first. Sometimes user
# mode tools can also control driver binding.
#
# Syntax: see modprobe.conf(5).
#
# watchdog drivers
blacklist i8xx_tco
# framebuffer drivers
blacklist aty128fb
blacklist atyfb
blacklist radeonfb
blacklist i810fb
blacklist cirrusfb
blacklist intelfb
blacklist kyrofb
blacklist i2c-matroxfb
blacklist hgafb
blacklist nvidiafb
blacklist rivafb
blacklist savagefb
blacklist sstfb
blacklist neofb
blacklist tridentfb
blacklist tdfxfb
blacklist virgefb
blacklist vga16fb
blacklist viafb
# ISDN - see bugs 154799, 159068
blacklist hisax
blacklist hisax_fcpcipnp
# sound drivers
blacklist snd-pcsp
# I/O dynamic configuration support for s390x (bz #563228)
blacklist chsc_sch
# Wireless
blacklist ssb
blacklist acer-wmi
blacklist b43
blacklist bcma
[shyam@shyamlaptop ~]$ nm-tool
NetworkManager Tool
State: connected (global)
- Device: p3p1 [System p3p1] --------------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: r8169
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: F0:DE:F1:50:53:28
Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 100 Mb/s
Wired Properties
Carrier: on
IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.1.4
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 192.168.1.1
- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: 802.11 WiFi
Driver: wl
State: disconnected
Default: no
HW Address: C0:F8:DA:41:15:27
Capabilities:
Wireless Properties
WEP Encryption: yes
WPA Encryption: yes
WPA2 Encryption: yes
Wireless Access Points
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